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WOOD, THOMAS J.

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WOOD, THOMAS J.
(1823 - 1906) Union major general who fought at Chickamauga and with Sherman at Atlanta and Franklin. A.L.S. ""Th: J. Wood"" 4pp. 8vo., Dayton, Oh., Mar. 14, 1877, to newly elected President Rutherford B. Hayes, in part: ""àPermit me to introduce to your acquaintanceàMrs. Burnell, wife of A. Burnellàof Vicksburgàthough Southern born and bredàthrough the dark and trying Olympiad from 1861 to 1865 they maintainedàtheir devotion to the Union instituteàsince the close of the waràthey have struggled on through weary years of privation without recognition. I pray you give it to themà"". Very good.